Derek Walcott Quotes

What was moving, I think, was the fact that the statue is a woman and not a heroic, manly figure. So for all her scale and immensity, there's something soft about the Statue of Liberty, something tender about her.

Derek Walcott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
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  • Birth: January 23, 1930

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WomanMovingThinkLibertyManly

I can't grow a moustache.

Joe Jonas

GrowMoustache

My dream became bigger and bigger. And the box got bigger than the message, than the Gospel.

Jim Bakker

DreamBoxBiggerGotMessageGospel

If you listen to a lot of music, it gradually seeps into your consciousness or your unconsciousness and comes out in your music.

John Abercrombie

MusicYouListenOutConsciousness

The idea of a tax on the ownership of a television belongs in the 1950s. Why not tax people for owning a washing machine to fund the manufacture of Persil?

Jeremy Paxman

PeopleOwnershipTelevisionTaxWhy

A movie is like a city. There's, like, 150 people working, and it's all because of something that came out of your head.

Michael Connelly

PeopleCityOutHeadSomethingYour

Saudi Arabia has also changed. People today are connecting with each other all across the world through small gadgets and television. It's a different society.

Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud

TodayPeopleWorldSocietySmall

It's not the teaching, it's the learning.

Sly Stone

LearningTeaching

I never grew up.

Tracey Emin

NeverUpGrew

I'm not really a big Springsteen guy. I'll listen to the music, but ... I didn't really get attached to it as much as, like, country artists. That's really who I listen to.

Mike Trout

MusicCountryListenBigGuyGet

I had no idea until I joined the games industry and met some of the power players, particularly those running large public companies, that much of this world is run by complete clowns.

Mike Wilson

PowerWorldRunGamesIndustryIdea

I struggled with working with producers because no one openly wanted to give me a chance to rap on their beats. That's just honest talk. No one really wanted to take that risk.

Little Simz

MeChanceRiskTalkHonestRap

I'm certainly proud of the transformation of Playboy from a magazine to a multimedia corporation.

Christie Hefner

TransformationProudMagazinePlayboy

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